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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, November 12, 2014 INCIDENTS Jefferson NEM Rangers Join In Capture Of Man Wanted For Stabbing Ranger Coty Stief was contacted by the Saint Louis City Police Department on November 3rd and advised that they were looking for a man wanted for felonious restraint, assault, and stabbing a woman in a warehouse adjacent to park property. The man was a transient known to live in that warehouse district and had two pit bulls with him as he fled the area. Rangers Stief, Linwood Vaughan and Sean Beasley searched the park for the man and gave his description to park dispatcher Jessica Crockwell, who was monitoring closed circuit television cameras installed throughout the park. Shortly thereafter, she radioed rangers that a man matching the description given was in park jurisdiction near the park's grounds maintenance facility. Rangers contacted the man; verbal commands were given to him at gunpoint, including instructions to keep firm control of his dogs. Saint Louis PD and animal control officers soon arrived on scene. The dogs were secured by animal control and rangers assisted police in arresting the man. [Mike Horton, Law Enforcement Specialist] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Fort McHenry NM&HS - As part of the ongoing commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the park and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra collaborated last week to host “The Star-Spangled Banner” segment of this year's Music for Youth midweek education concert series. Today's Almanac - Unseasonably cold temperatures will continue to surge southward through the central states today. Temperatures are forecast to be 20 to 40 degrees below average for areas east of the Rockies into the Great Plains. Andersonville NHS - The Friends of Andersonville and American Ex-Prisoners of War have received the Director's Partnership Award for their efforts to complete an interactive traveling exhibit about the prisoner of war experience. Northeast Region - Despite continuous rain on Saturday, October 18th, visitors flocked to Fort Stanwix National Monument to learn more about archeology as part of the park's International Archeology Day celebration. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the period from September 26th to November 7th. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM - On October 3rd, Ranger Reggie Murray was presented with the inaugural Flat Hat Award on behalf of the National Parks Travelers Club. Independence NHP - On October 28th, park law enforcement rangers were recognized by the United States attorney for their excellence in managing a series of public assemblies in the park over the course of the year. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |